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22-505: Gotthard was born in 960 near Niederaltaich in the diocese of Passau . Gotthard studied the humanities and theology at Niederaltaich Abbey , where his father Ratmund was a vassal of the canons. While at the abbey, Gotthard became a canon under Abbot Erkanbert. Gotthard then continued his studies at the archiepiscopal court of Salzburg , where he served as an ecclesiastical administrator. After traveling through various countries, including Italy , Gotthard completed his advanced studies under

44-754: Is Archbishop Mario Enrico Delpini , who has been serving since his appointment by Pope Francis , having served previously as the Vicar-General and the Auxiliary Bishop of Milan. Delpini had succeeded the retiring Cardinal Angelo Scola, who had been in office since 2011 and had been a possible papabile . Archbishop Delpini is assisted by four Auxiliary Bishops: Erminio De Scalzi, Luigi Stucchi, Franco Agnesi, and Paolo Martinelli. The resignations of Stucchi and De Scalzi were accepted by Pope Francis on 30 April 2020. That same day, he appointed Giovanni Raimondi and Giuseppe Vegezzi as auxiliary bishops. The Seminary of

66-560: Is best known as the location of Niederaltaich Abbey . This Deggendorf district location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Archbishop of Milan The Archdiocese of Milan ( Italian : Arcidiocesi di Milano ; Latin : Archidioecesis Mediolanensis ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Italy which covers

88-605: The Duchy of Milan from 1277 to 1447. The figure who marked the modern history of the church of Milan was Charles Borromeo , archbishop of Milan from 1564 to 1584, who was a leading figure during the Counter-Reformation and was responsible for significant reforms in the Catholic Church. His pastoral efforts were followed also by his successors, such as Federico Borromeo (died 1631) and Giuseppe Pozzobonelli (died 1783). In

110-684: The Roman Empire . Historically, the Milanese church has been in full communion with the Papacy . Among its bishops should be named Eustorgius I and Dionysius , who firmly opposed apostasy imposed by the Roman Emperor Constantius II . Dionysus was exiled to Cappadocia (355), while the Romans put Auxentius on the episcopal throne of Milan. At the death of Auxentius, Ambrose was elected bishop by

132-555: The St.-Gotthard-Gymnasium . Gotthard also became the patron saint of traveling merchants, and thus many churches and chapels were dedicated to him in the Alps . According to an ancient Ticinese tradition, the little church in St. Gotthard Pass ( San Gottardo ) in the Swiss Alps was founded by Galdino , Archbishop of Milan (r. 1166-76). Goffredo da Bussero, however, attributes the founding of

154-507: The suffragan dioceses of Bergamo , Brescia , Como , Crema , Cremona , Lodi , Mantova , Pavia , and Vigevano . Milan's archdiocese is the largest in Europe , and the one having the most priests in the world, with, as of 2021, 2,450 priests living in the diocese, among whom 1,712 are secular priests . According to the legend, the Gospel was brought to Milan by the apostle Barnabas , and

176-524: The 15 years of his episcopal government, while earning the respect of the clergy. He was particularly interested in the education of the young clergy, and he started several schools. The cathedral school in Hildesheim became under him a center for learning. Gotthard ordered the construction of some 30 churches. He founded a monastery beside the chapel on the Zierenberg about 1025 and had a church built there which

198-469: The 20th century, two Cardinal Archbishops of Milan were elected to the papacy: in 1922, Cardinal Achille Ratti was elected as Pope Pius XI , and in 1963 Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini was elected as Pope Paul VI . The church of Milan was governed from 1979 to 2002 by Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini , who had been a favorite of the Catholic left. As of 7 July 2017, the current Metropolitan Archbishop of Milan

220-618: The archdiocese has the principal seat in Venegono Inferiore . The minor seminary is located in Seveso . A list of the bishops and archbishops of Milan is engraved on a plaque in the South nave of the Cathedral of Milan , but that list contains historical errors. The list below follows the work of Eugenio Cazzani. The 1,104 parishes all fall within the region of Lombardy . They are divided between

242-480: The areas of Milan , Monza , Lecco and Varese . It has long maintained its own Latin liturgical rite usage, the Ambrosian rite , which is still used in the greater part of the diocesan territory. Among its past archbishops, the better known are Ambrose , Charles Borromeo , Pope Pius XI and Pope Paul VI . The Archdiocese of Milan is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province of Milan, which includes

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264-656: The church to Enrico da Settala , Bishop of Milan from 1213 to 1230. The hospice was entrusted to the care of the Capuchin Order in 1685 by Federico Visconti , and later passed under the control of a confraternity of Ticino. Several places and events are named in honour of the Saint: Niederalteich Niederalteich ( Central Bavarian : Niedaoida ) is a village on the Danube in Bavaria , Germany . It

286-463: The episcopate of Bernard, in 1131, and it took place at a synod in Rheims . There, Pope Innocent II , in the presence of Bernard and Norbert of Xanten , officially made Gotthard a saint. On 4 May 1132, Bernard translated Gotthard's relics from the abbatial church to the cathedral at Hildesheim. On 5 May the first liturgical festivity in honor of Gotthard was celebrated. Miracles were attributed to

308-506: The first Bishop of Milan, Anathalon , was a disciple of that apostle. But a diocese cannot have been established there, as such, before 200, as the dioceses of the church evolved from the civil (Roman) dioceses following the reforms of Emperor Diocletian , for the list of the bishops of Milan names only five predecessors of Mirocles , who participated at the Lateran council held in 313 in Rome. During

330-437: The guidance of Liutfrid in the cathedral school at Passau . He then joined the canons at Niederaltaich and was appointed provost . When Henry II of Bavaria decided to transform the chapter house of Niederaltaich into a Benedictine monastery Gotthard remained there as a novice, subsequently becoming a monk there in 990 under the abbot Ercanbertn. In 993, Gotthard was ordained a priest, and later became prior and rector of

352-624: The monastic school. Duke Henry was present at Gotthard's installation as abbot in 996. Gotthard was a dedicated reformer and introduced the Cluniac reforms at Niederaltaich. He helped revive the Rule of St. Benedict , and then trained abbots for the abbeys of Tegernsee , Hersfeld and Kremsmünster to restore Benedictine observance, under the patronage of Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor . He succeeded Bernward as bishop of Hildesheim on 2 December 1022, being consecrated by Aribo, Archbishop of Mainz . During

374-778: The people of Milan (374-97). Among his successors, Simplicianus , Senator and Dacius (530-52), who lived almost always in exile at Constantinople on account of the Gothic War . During the Lombard invasion, many things happened to the church in Milan. The Schism of the Three Chapters guaranteed autonomy of the Milanese Church for 38 years, since the Lombards were enemies of the Byzantines . At

396-520: The persecutions of the third and early fourth century, several Christians suffered martyrdom and were venerated at Milan: among them Gervasius and Protasius (first persecution of Diocletian ), Victor , Nabor and Felix , and Nazarius and Celsus . The persecutions ended in 313 when the Emperors Constantine I and Licinius issued the Edict of Milan which proclaimed the religious toleration in

418-567: The power of the burghers grew, that of the archbishops waned, and with it the imperial authority which the prelate represented, and from the 12th century Milan became a Guelph town that fought the Emperor. The archbishop Ottone Visconti in the 13th-century caused himself to be proclaimed perpetual lord, thus putting an end to the Republic of Milan and establishing the power of the House of Visconti who ruled

440-488: The relics. The Gotthard shrine is one of the oldest remaining relic shrines of the Middle Ages, dating from about 1140. Veneration of Gotthard spread to Scandinavia , Switzerland , and Eastern Europe . Gotthard was invoked against fever, dropsy , childhood sicknesses, hailstones , the pain of childbirth, and gout . Niederaltaich Abbey made its famous abbot the patron saint of the abbey's well-known grammar school,

462-667: The siege of Milan by the Lombard Alboin , the Bishop Honoratus (568) sought refuge in Genoa , with a great number of his clergy, which returned to Milan only 70 years later under John the Good . In the 10th century, the archbishops of Milan became feudatory of the Emperor extending his jurisdiction to all northwest Italy. The most distinguished of these was Ariberto da Intimiano (1018–45). As

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484-422: Was dedicated to Saint Maurice and consecrated in 1028. Despite his advanced age, he defended the rights of his diocese vigorously. After a brief sickness, he died on 5 May 1038 at the "Mauritiusstift", the hospice for travelers which he had founded. Gotthard's successors in the episcopate of Hildesheim, Bertold (1119–30) and Bernhard I (1130–53), pushed for his canonization . This was accomplished during

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